"No one wants to see curvy women," says Karl Lagerfeld, who has struggled with his…
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"No one wants to see curvy women. You've got fat mothers with their bags of chips sitting in front of the television and saying that thin models are ugly."

Since then, Kaiser Karl shot a story for V Magazine's spring 2010 issue, which included mostly plus-size models. Though Crystal Renn was featured in the magazine, Lagerfeld's shoot was with undeniably curvy burlesque performer Miss Dirty Martini. (Crystal Renn was shot alongside Jacquelyn Jablonksi by Terry Richardson.) Why would Unkle Karl, who has made no secret of how much he hates fat, hire Crystal Renn to walk on his runway?

As soon as we heard that Karl "No one wants to see curvy women" Lagerfeld was involved in …
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Maybe it's because Crystal is not, you know, fat. Maybe it's because Lagerfeld saw the images of Crystal in V and realized how stunning she is. Perhaps he, like American Glamour, French Glamour, Polish Elle,French Elle and French Vogue, realized that people do want to see curvy women. Or maybe Karl Lagerfeld, the man who claims he "has no human feelings," had a change of heart. But most probable? The 76-year-old Führer of Fashion is afraid of being behind on a trend.